Famed nasi kandar joint forced to drop affordable meal

Lunch staple: The management of Hameediyah Restaurant said it had to stop serving Menu Rahmah at all of its locations last month due to increasing food costs.

GEORGE TOWN: One of the oldest nasi kandar restaurants in the country has ceased to serve its meals at RM5 under Menu Rahmah after the cost of ingredients becomes “unbearable”. Hameediyah Restaurant director Muhammad Riyaaz Syed Ibrahim said it had to stop serving Menu Rahmah last month.

“We could not implement it any longer. First, the price of chicken went up and then, eggs.